Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Pierre Toussaint
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Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853) and Marie-Rose Juliette Gaston (1786-1851)
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The New Negro Alliance (1933-1940s)
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Birmingham 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing (1963)
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Lansiné Kaba (1941- )

Explore Global African History

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Michael X (1933-1975)
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Oliver Law (1900-1937)
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(1867) John Sella Martin, A Speech Before the Paris Antislavery Conference
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Battle of Carrizal (1916)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Distant Whistles, Muted Flutes: Ada Wright in Glasgow, 1932
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Racial Uplift, Black Power, and Reparations on the Kansas Frontier: Abram T. Hall, Edward P. McCabe, and John W. Niles
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Arkansas Pioneers in Flight: African Americans in Aviation from the Natural State, 1932 to 1953.
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Africans and African Americans in China: A Long History, A Troubled Present, and a Promising Future?

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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